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RESOLUTION NO. 2014-109 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA ASSERTING ITS DESIRE THAT <br /> ALL 67 COUNTIES PRESENTLY IN THE GREAT STATE OF <br /> FLORIDA, REMAIN IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THAT IF THE <br /> SOUTHERN COUNTIES TAKE THE BENIGHTED PATH TO <br /> SECESSION THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA REMAIN <br /> WITH THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE AS PART OF <br /> FLORIDA. <br /> WHEREAS, presently, the state of Florida consists of 67 counties in an area of <br /> approximately 56 thousand square miles, with a population of approximately <br /> 19,800,000 people; and <br /> WHEREAS, one of the state of Florida's great strengths is its diversity in <br /> ethnicity, background, geography from the Keys to the Panhandle and cities large and <br /> small from Tampa to Fellsmere; and <br /> WHEREAS, few if any citizens from Indian River County have expressed any <br /> desire to secede from the state of Florida; and <br /> WHEREAS, the last time part of the South tried to secede it did not work out too <br /> well; and <br /> WHEREAS, Indian River County is a low density county and if the south <br /> seceded would more appropriately be part of the low density Florida rather than the <br /> high density south; and <br /> WHEREAS, many citizens of Indian River County moved from south Florida to <br /> what they thought was a better way of life in Indian River County and may well be <br /> traumatized by becoming part of a state of south Florida, and <br /> WHEREAS, Indian River County is part of the St. John's River Water <br /> Management District and, therefore, if the South seceded should remain part of Florida <br /> and not South Florida; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County does <br /> not support the secession of any part of Florida from the state of Florida. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br /> COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, <br /> Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners supports keeping the state of <br /> Florida in its present form, does not support the secession of any part of the state from <br /> the state of Florida and should part of south Florida secede from the State of Florida, <br /> it is Indian River County's intent to remain as part of Florida. <br /> 1 <br />